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Monday, December 28, 2009

This is sort of a happy accident. I was playing around with my shutter speed when I noticed some birds. I turned and took the shot and this is the result. Not a normal looking photo but the bird looks pretty cute.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

The icicle upside down. Notice how it's barely clinging to the roof as it lets go of it's last drops In the water drop I can see the reflection of the sky, some trees and the side of a church, but I realize that if I didn't take the pictures I wouldn't know what the reflections where. I took these with my one and only lens(it came with the camera). It's 18-55mm. I'm wondering if there is a type of lens that would be able to capture a clear reflection in a drop of water outside? Maybe I just didn't focus correctly.

The dripping icicle in the pictures fell about 30 seconds after I took them.

Friday, December 25, 2009

This picture reminds me of a famous tall tale. I wonder if it's still told to children? There are some variations like walking 10 miles each way, uphill in the snow with no shoes etc. Oh and the school was usually on the other side of a river that didn't have a bridge.

I just noticed that my last two posts sort of go together. The old man has fishing poles and the post before it has fish. I also noticed that most people think the old mad in the last post is homeless. I didn't think he was but now I'm wondering.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I was on the Charles Bridge in Prague late in the day and the sun was shinning directly into my camera from this angle. I thought it would be impossible to get a good photo of the statues on this side of the bridge. So I improvised by using the statues to block the sun thus making the sun my ally.

Friday, November 20, 2009

The writing on the side of the green car with the frog says "Save the frogs around the world" Or something like that. This is one of my favorite reflection photos. The fish are the only things that are not reflections. I took it in front of the Dallas Aquarium almost a year ago.

How many fish do you see? It could be the more you stare the more there'll be. :)

This was taken with my old handy dandy pocket camera.For more Weekend Reflections please go to Newtown Area Photo every Friday from 11:01 am thru Sunday 11:59 pm est.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sometimes I look at the big picture to see what I can extract. There is more to this picture but I decided to have some fun and post this cropped version. Please forgive my poor editing skills but the guy on the corner reminds me of a marionette so I gave him some strings.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

The top of the doorway with the mahogany in the background and the detailed metal gate

Her twin can be seen in the photo below on the left.

The bottom of the doorway

The Kelsey Building was built in 1911, it was designed by one of America's most famous architects, Cass Gilbert.

He modeled the Kelsey Building after the most famous palace of the Florentine Renaissance – the Palazzo Strozzi which was built in Florence, Italy, in 1489. The Kelsey Building now houses administrative offices for Thomas Edison State College.

I really want to go back to Trenton and take more and better pictures of this and other buildings.

Trenton seems like it's not the safest place to wander around though, but it has some really cool buildings. The area where I took these pictures seemed pretty much deserted.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I had no idea what I would find when I went to Valley Forge for the first time. This felt like a moment of discovery for some reason. The sun was in a really bad position so I'm happy that these pictures are usable. I used the trees to block as much of the sun as possible.

I'm trying to rest my bad back again and I hope to be back in full blogging mode by tomorrow.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sometimes I like taking pictures when the sky is dark and gloomy. I like those moody shots that almost look black and white. Today I'm posting two such shots. I would love to hear people's opinions about which they like better, the original or the black and white version.

The pictures are of a flock of geese flying south and a statue of Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne.

I was getting an overdose of color these week so now it's time for Monochrome Weekly, which is hosted by Aileni.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Come take a walk with me in Washingtons Crossing Pennsylvania, very near the New Jersey border. A great place for reflections.

What is real and what is a reflection on the water?

I've been told that the area around here was rated in the top ten for the most scenic drives in the world by a Conde Nast writer. Now I can see why.As I walked along this stream the other day I was overwhelmed by the colorful beauty that was all around me. At some spots the reflections were so vivid that It seemed like I could walk across the water on them. I was blessed to have this place all to myself.

I will post more watery reflections from this day on my Newtown blog next Friday.

Please checkout my Newtown blog to see more Weekend Reflections from me and others, or to add your own reflection photos every Friday through Sunday.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

This weeks benches are from Valley Forge Historical Park. Choose your bench then sit back and enjoy the view. The people in the bottom picture chose to sit near Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben's statue. The bench in the top photo was very simple, but all mine.

If you like to see other photos of benches please see Rune's blog for more of "Bench of the week."

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

When the little clown turns the handle forward the peanuts roast under the hot lamp. If the little clown turns the handle backwards he goes back to a simpler time. An idealistic time that has only existed in classic movies and television.